Cuts

   California public schools have been losing funding and cutting programs and now Governor Jerry Brown wants to cut more funding unless his tax hike initiative passes this November. What does this mean for our schools? What the tax hike initiative will do if it doesn’t pass the money the tax initiative was going to bring in will be taken from the school funding as a result, more schools will close, and lose more programs, the school year can get shorter, classrooms will get larger, and the school week might be cut to four days in some places. In other words this can make learning harder for all of us. With larger classes teachers will have less time to spend with each student individually. Teachers are already underpaid and I don’t believe that teacher will want to have bigger class sizes and still get paid the same amount.
    Community colleges have also been affected. City College might lose its accreditation if it doesn’t show why they need it. The college might also close, if the college loses it’s accreditation student will not be able to transfer their courses credits they have earned. The cost of going to school has gone up too, tuition has gone up. The cost per unit last year was $36 and now it is $46. Many students will have to take out loans in order to attend college. Students will have a harder time paying off student loans. Teachers are also being laid off and there are hiring freezes on college professors Did you ever have that teacher that you recommended to all your friends? What if he or she leaves the college because he or she was getting offered a bigger check somewhere else. Colleges are losing good teacher to private colleges with deeper pockets. Why must the school funds be cut? School should be our number one priority we are the future leaders of America, and cutting the fund is also cutting our chances of success for future generations.

E.G.B